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Insider trading laws are a series of sanctions exclusive to the equities market, about trading equities. This trade didn't involve equities.

There is nothing illegal about having an edge in the capital markets.

Even if the CFTC did "investigate", there isn't a prohibition on having "inside information" in the futures markets either... for the most part.

You have to look at the history and intent. Investing in companies is a great way to grow an economy, adding a ring of confidence by the state helps promote that so they can push that kind of investment exclusively on the population. As a result stock investing is really popular but the rules around it are extrapolated to being relevant to other capital markets only due to the similarities of trading.